An Evaluation of the Impact of an OPEN Stewardship Generated Feedback Intervention on Antibiotic Prescribing among Primary Care Veterinarians in Canada and Israel

Kamal R. Acharya, Adar Cohen, Gabrielle Brankston, Jean Paul R. Soucy, Anette Hulth, Sonja Löfmark, John S. Brownstein, Nadav Davidovich, Moriah E. Ellen, David N. Fisman, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Amir Steinman, Derek R. MacFadden, Amy L. Greer

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Abstract

An interrupted time-series study design was implemented to evaluate the impact of antibiotic stewardship interventions on antibiotic prescribing among veterinarians. A total of 48 veterinarians were enrolled in Canada and Israel and their prescribing data between 2019 and 2021 were obtained. As an intervention, veterinarians periodically received three feedback reports comprising feedback on the participants’ antibiotic prescribing and prescribing guidelines. A change in the level and trend of antibiotic prescribing after the administration of the intervention was compared using a multi-level generalized linear mixed-effect negative-binomial model. After the receipt of the first (incidence rate ratios [IRR] = 0.88; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.79, 0.98), and second (IRR = 0.85; 95% CI: 0.75, 0.97) feedback reports, there was a reduced prescribing rate of total antibiotic when other parameters were held constant. This decline was more pronounced among Israeli veterinarians compared to Canadian veterinarians. When other parameters were held constant, the prescribing of critical antibiotics by Canadian veterinarians decreased by a factor of 0.39 compared to that of Israeli veterinarians. Evidently, antibiotic stewardship interventions can improve antibiotic prescribing in a veterinary setting. The strategy to sustain the effect of feedback reports and the determinants of differences between the two cohorts should be further explored.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number626
JournalAnimals
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2024

Keywords

  • antibiotic prescribing
  • antibiotic stewardship
  • interrupted time series analysis
  • veterinarian

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • General Veterinary

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